RTF 331P Privacy, Surveillance, and Trust - W

Unique No. see course schedule

Faculty: Phillips

Class Time: TTH 1100 - 1230P

Room: BIO 301

Writing Comp: Y

Comm/Cult Req: N

Closing Limit: 30

Cross-Listed STS 331

PREREQUISITES

Must be an RTF major with a UT GPA of at least 2.25 and have upper-division standing. The following coursework with a grade of at least C: RTF 305, RTF 309, and 6 additional semester hours of lower-division coursework in RTF.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Registration is open via the online registration system to all RTF majors.

FIRST CLASS DAY POLICY

Students must attend the first class day or make prior arrangements with the instructor.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Why are some behaviors considered appropriately private and others appropriately public? Likewise, why are some sorts of issues private and others public? Why are some types of property public and others private? What sorts of laws, policies, and cultural practices support these distinctions? How do new information technologies reinforce or threaten the distinctions between public and private? How do they affect the distinctions among issues, behaviors, and property? How are laws and policies changing in response to new technical possibilities?

You will be expected to do a lot of reading, and participate in class discussions. You will write five short (2-3 page) discussion papers and a longer (7-10 page) research paper.

Readings may include:

Berkert, Herbert.1997. “Privacy Enhancing Technologies: Typology, Critique, Vision.” In Philip Agre and Marc Rotenberg (Eds.) Technology and Privacy: The New Landscape. Cambridge , MA : MIT Press. pp. 125-142.

Boling, Patricia. 1996. Privacy and the Politics of Intimate Life. Ithaca : Cornell University Press. pp. 85-111

Brin, David. 1998. The Transparent Society. Reading , MA : Perseus. pp. 3-26

Gandy, Oscar. 1995. “It’s Discrimination, Stupid!” In Resisting the Virtual Life. Edited by James Brook and Iain Boal. San Franciso , CA : City Lights, pp. 35-47.

Goffman, Erving. 1959. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. New York : NY: Doubleday. pp. 1-16, 70-76, 106-140.

Gross, Larry. 1993. Contested Closets. Minneapolis , MN : University of Minnesota . pp. 142-173.

Larson, Erik. 1992. “Chapter 3: The Cement Elephant” The Naked Consumer. New York , NY : Penguin. pp. 29-57.

Levy, Steven. 1993. “Crypto Rebels.” Wired (May/Jun), p. 54-61.

Levy, Steven. 1994. “E-Money (That’s What I Want).” Wired (Dec), p. 174-179, 213-219.

Nissenbaum, Helen. 1999. “The Meaning of Anonymity in an Information Age.” The Information Society 15: 141-144.

Orwell, George. 1992. 1984. New York : Knopf.

Pateman, Carol. 1983. “Feminist Critiques of the Public/Private Dichotomy.” In Public and Private in Social Life. Edited by S.I. Benn and G.F. Gaus. London : Croom Helm.

Phillips, David J. 2002. “Negotiating the Digital Closet: Online Pseudonyms and the Politics of Sexual Identity.” Information, Communication, and Society 5(3): 406-424.

Rosen, Jeffrey. 2001. “A Watchful State.” New York Times Magazine, October 7: p. 38.

Smith, Janna Malamud. 1997. Private Matters: In Defense of the Personal Life. Reading , MA : Addison Wesley. p. 27-51.

Stanley, Jay and Barry Steinhart. 2003. Bigger Monster, Weaker Chains: The Growth of an American Surveillance Society. New York : ACLU.

Tomasula, Steve. 2000. “C-U See-Me.” Iowa Review 30 (3): 3-28.